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stunning…

15 Monday Aug 2016

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been getting up around six so that I can get in a bit of the Olympic coverage before work…

today it was dark enough that I needed to turn on the light in the bedroom, sigh…

then I went down the stairs and saw this…

absolutely stunning sky… took out the screen so that I could get a clear picture… 

made me realize that I’d just opened that window and I had to run and close it so no bugs came in, lol…

yesterday I picked up some gladiolas when I was at the grocery store as a special treat…

although they are white, (I love the purple ones) they are stunning… in the process of checking on the correct spelling I discovered some interesting facts about flowers and birth months, lol…

decided to take a few stems to the office to brighten up my space…

so they travelled in the passenger seat…


a number of colleagues asked if they were from my garden… would be amazing if I could grow something like this in the garden…

start…

05 Friday Aug 2016

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this morning the sky was stunning… it started with white clouds, then dark clouds, and finally sunshine, all within what felt like minutes… 

then it was off to the Park for breakfast and a walk through the Gardens with my friend…

as I walked there, the sky continued to provide a variety of views…

once inside the Park, came across a huge tree down on the pathway…

great meal and stroll as we caught up on one another’s lives over the last few weeks…

the Gardens were at their absolute best with blooms bursting out everywhere we looked…

clearly the gardeners have been working nonstop…

and there were others hard at work in amongst the flowers…

this morning the Boy and his Boot were dry, but there were some new plants in the pond and they were lovely…

took a turn around the Riley Family Duck Pond and got a few shots of some mallard babies… not so little anymore…

nice view of the Pavilion and Lyric stage…

sky continued to change on my walk home… bit of darkness off in the distance as I crossed the bridge… and the wind started to pick up…

by the time I reached the corner of my street the temperature had probably dropped five degrees…

and it was very dark… but it all blew over and was sunny for the remainder of the day…

was sure to have my supper organized and eaten before six, when the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Opening Ceremonies started…

firmly ensconced in front of the tv… happily won’t have to get up in the middle of the night to watch as the time zone is so close to ours…

going to be busy for the next seventeen days, lol…

downloaded from the internet…

critters…

17 Sunday Jul 2016

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saw many critters today…

checked out the pelicans as I crossed the bridge to the Park… got some great shots, particularly this one…


later, when I was sitting in the garden at home, I watched them soaring high above the house…

found critters on and in flowers and lily pads…

bug, not sure what kind…

purple lily and frog…

butterfly and bush, lol…

water lily with ant, maybe…

very happy to get a shot of this shy turtle… I have seen it over the last month but it vanishes into the water when people are even walking on the path… stood and watched it for about fifteen minutes today…


it was clear and sunny as I went for my walk this morning… when I got home I sat out in the garden as some lovely white clouds floated across the sky… as I was making my lunch thunder rolled, and all of a sudden there was a huge downpour …


a bit later, it was sunny again… 

kids were here for supper, and as they left my daughter spotted this critter sitting in the front yard… 


was there for easily twenty minutes…

fun times…

neverending…

12 Tuesday Jul 2016

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this morning my focus seems to have been on flowers, lol…

had to take a few pictures of the neverending October IKEA orchid… it continues to amaze me with its beauty…

straight on and…

from the side…

then I looked out the window and saw the dahlia blooming…

they are a beautiful shade of purple and look very nice in the planter…

so excited when I stepped outside to see that one of the mandevilla blossoms had opened… even in the rain…

the weather danced between blue sky and rain and overcast all day long…

took this picture when I first got out of bed… since then it has been gray, cloudy, sunny, cloudy, rainy, sunny, rainy, cloudy… on my drive home it looked similar to this shot and now it is gray and the rain has just stopped… 

feels like everyone I know is a bit down or feeling a little off…

the neverending rain is getting a bit trying… looking forward to some sunshine…

swimsuits…

26 Sunday Jun 2016

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up early again… no doubt tomorrow I will want to sleep in… 

another serendipitous moment when I peeked out the patio doors and caught sight of this beautiful goldfinch having breakfast at the feeder, on this overcast/rainy day… 

put on those big girl pants and drove around the Perimeter to get to my daughter’s place… we went shopping before the family birthday party for the middle grandson and his daddy…

picked up new swimsuits for everyone to have here for the hot tub and one for me to leave at their house for their new hot tub…


tested out the hot tub, and both it, and the new swimsuit, were great…

also picked up a Canada Day t-shirt…


my older daughter encouraged me a few years ago to have an appropriate shirt on Canada Day so I’ve been doing that…

after supper the birthday boys blew out the candles on a Blizzard Cake from Dairy Queen…


drove home and got a shot of two more hibiscus flowers… 


quite a fun day, even if I am exhausted, lol…

story…

22 Wednesday Jun 2016

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just yesterday a colleague and I were discussing how best to look after orchids…

I was sharing the story of my IKEA orchid which I purchased in October… it bloomed until about a month ago and now a new stem is blooming…


I treat orchids like cut flowers… well, basically that’s how I deal with all plants…

I water them sparingly on Saturday… some people use an ice cube weekly to be sure they don’t overwater… my orchids have all liked being in the sun for a good portion of the day…

if they last longer than a bouquet that’s great, if not they get tossed…

way less stress and I am often pleasantly surprised when they last a long time… 

I have a bamboo which one of my daughter’s friends brought me when I had surgery in 2010… still going strong…

tonight I was sitting outside while the pond was filling and admiring the daisy explosion in the garden…


they are everywhere…

flowers inside and out… what a treat…

Atlanta Day 2…

17 Friday Jun 2016

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this morning I stood at the window looking out over the city of Atlanta taking pills and chugging them back with a bottle of water…


for many years getting pills down was very difficult and I always had to have juice or tea because I didn’t drink water… 

now, they slide down easily and water is something I drink all the time…

and I have travelled a whole lot more…

I’ve come a long way baby;-)…

here are just a few shots of things that made me happy throughout the day…

a cacao tree… later in the day we stopped and had some excellent chocolate…

a huge purple orchid…

a stunning blue and purple installation which we nearly missed…

a lotus blooming…

dusting of one of the glass pieces…

a ginormous bumblebee…

fun at the Midtown sign which we just discovered this morning…

being quite naughty and disobeying a few rules…

Veronica…

15 Wednesday Jun 2016

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arrived home, started dinner and checked out the garden while I was topping up the water in the pond… sadly it has a ton of string algae… going to have to put some peroxide in to see if that will get rid of it…

the Veronica blooms are taking over the garden… it looks wonderful…


got a nice close up…


these little white flowers are very happy but for the life of me I can’t remember their name…

and finally the daisies were blooming…


they are my older daughter’s favourite and I get to see her tomorrow so it was fun to see them…

purple-ish…

11 Saturday Jun 2016

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yesterday I had my hair freshly purpled…


George always loved how it just popped when the sun shone on it… it really does glow in the sunlight… needed it, because it was barely visible…

took this picture of one of the purple blooms by the back door…


today, got my toes done…

took my own polish because last time they didn’t have any good shades of purple… 

not sure if that was wise because two of my toes smushed way after I got home… good news was I had polish to fix them… although the polish is very old… I assumed it would stay good forever but I guess we will see…


this morning I took this picture of the irises beside the pond which just opened… the Veronica (speedwell) is blooming very nicely along the neighbour’s garage…

fair bit of purple today, lol… 

all ready for my trip… well, once the bags get packed, lol…

path…

10 Friday Jun 2016

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woke up to pouring rain… figured I wasn’t going to get a walk in today…

couple of hours later the rain had stopped, the sun was out, and the temperature was in the 20s…

so I got dressed and headed to the Park…

had a wonderful time wandering through the Gardens…


light and shadow brought out some lovely shots I think… I’m not crazy about peonies but these were lovely…


tiny drops of water on the irises… the blue really popped today…


a different type of peony, I think… with a visitor… coming every Friday is such a great gift because I see the changes that have taken place since the last visit…


the water lilies are already blooming… also got to see lots of dragonflies…


back at the lily pond found five or six frogs sitting on lily pads…


today I spoke to every person who I passed… nice opportunity to speak out loud… some days I might not speak to another person for the entire day… interesting who spoke back and who didn’t… most people responded and often we would talk for a moment about the day or the beauty around us…


the lilacs were so fragrant I could smell them everywhere in the Gardens… nice…


gorgeous huge poppy… amazing how many plants have been replaced where the tulips had been… those gardeners work very hard… wish I had them to work in my garden…


last shot was of the Duck Pond, just before I crossed the bridge out of the Park…

decided to take the path along the lane and through Bruce Park… it was very warm and a bit humid so I thought there would be a bit more shade… there was certainly more mud… ground was rather wet…

on top of that I had worn my newest pair of sandals… was trying them out for next week’s Altanta trip… good thing I tested them because I had blisters when I arrived home… guess they won’t be going in the suitcase, lol…

delightful time…